. >> "outfront" tonight mike rogers of michigan, the chairman of the house new jersey committee, a commissioned officer in the u.s. army, and also served as an fbi special agent. good to talk to you, chairman, again. let me begin by asking what you can tell us right now. as you know, the details are murky in some areas. we're starting to get more clarity and, unfortunately, have confirmed one american has been killed in this operation. others still unaccounted for. what more can you tell us? >> well, there is -- the rescue effort or at least trying to reoccupy the gas facility happened in two stages. the algerians went in yesterday late to try to at least push back and flush out the terrorists, and that resulted we know in deaths. we're just not very clear. the reason that's not clear, erin, it's a long way from algie algiers. they aren't really allowing an international presence there. they want to handle this on their own. we know today they launched a second series of efforts on the facility that did result in freeing of more hostages and it now has the hostage takers kind of hunkered down.